Bung-extractor.



T. THORNI SURG.

BUNG EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Witmzoam THOMAS THORNBURG, OF EAST- CHICAGO, INDIANA.-

.BUNG-EXTRA.CTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

IPatented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed July 3, 1908. Serial No. 441,841.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS THORNBURG, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Chicago, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bung-Extractors, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bung extractors and it consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

. The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character by means of which the bun s of barrels, kegs and other wooden receptac es may be quickly and easily extracted without injury to the staves of the receptacle and without allowing pieces of the bungs to fall into the contents of the receptacle.

The above and other objects of the inven tion are attained in its preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i Figure 1 is a detail section through a portion of a barrel illustrating the use of the in-,

vention;' Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section taken on the plane indicated by the line 22 in Fig. 1; and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are detail views of the several parts of the bung extractor.

The invention comprises a bung gripping and extracting member 1, a lever 2 and a fulcrum support or stand 3. The member 1 is in the form of a metal bar provided at one end with a flat arrow-shaped head 4 which is adapted to be'driven through the bung b of the barrel B, lengthwise of the grain of the wood of the bung and to be then turned at right angles to the grain or cross-v wise of the incision so that the bung will be retained upon said member. By constructing said member in this manner, it will be seen that there will be little or no danger of the bung being broken'and particles of it falling into the contents of the barrel or other receptacle. To permit the member to be readily turned after its head 4 is driven through the hung, the body portion of said member is preferably tapered longitudinally from its upper to its lower end and it is made circular in cross section, as illustrated. At the opposite or upper end of the gripping and extracting member 1 is formed an enlarged head 5 adapted to be struck by a hammer through the bung. Said head is'of greater diameter than that of the upper end of the body of the member 1 so as to provide an annular shoulder 6 to be engaged by the arms 7 on the forked inner end of the lever 2.

The body of the member l isloosely retained in the space 8 between the-arms 7 by passing a pin 9 through registering apertures in the, arms 7 and through a longitudinal slot 10 formed in the member 1, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. By making this loose pivotal connection and providingthe shoulder 6 for the engagement of the arms 7, it will be seen that the-parts 1,' 2 will be con nected and at the same time all strain will be removed from the pin 9 when the device is in operation. The opposite or outer end of the lever 2 is shaped to provide a handle 11, The intermediate portion of the lever 2 is pivoted by a transverse pin 12 between the arms 13 of the forked upper end of the'support or stand 3, which latter is in the form of a standard having said forked upper end and a large fiat basel4 at its lower end. The base 14 is adapted to extend over two or more of the staves of the barrel B so as to or other implement in driving the head 4 distribute the strain over several of the staves and lessen the danger of damage to the barrel in the extraction of the bung. I From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention is exceedingly simple in construction sothat it will be strong anddurable and com aratively inexpensive to produce. It will f) may be quickly and conveniently removed from a barrel, keg or other receptacle without injury to the latter and without breaking the bung and permitting particles of it to drop into the contents of the receptacle, Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. The herein described bung extractor comprising a fulcrum support adapted to rest on a barrel, a lever fulcrume'd intermedi-' ate its ends on saidv support and havin a forked end, the spaced arms of the fork bemg formed with alining apertures, a gripping and extracting member having at one end an arrow-shaped head adapted to be driven through a bung lengthwise of its grain and to be then turnedcrosswise thereof, the other end of said member being formed with an enlarged striking head and with a longitudinal slot adjacent to said head, the latter forming a. shoulder adapted to be'engaged by the and the slot in said member whereby the latter will be loosely pivoted to the lever and the strain removed from said pin and placed upon'the arms of the fork and the shoulder on said member, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein described bung, extractor comprising a fulcrumed supporting standard having a flared base portion to rest upon a barrel and a forked u per end, a transverse pivot in the latter, a ever fulcrumed intermediate its ends on said pivot andformed at one end with a hand grip and at its other end with a forked, ortion, the s aced arms of the latter being ormed with a 'ng aper-' tures,v a gripping and extracting member tapered longitudinally and formed at its small end with a flat arrow-shaped head adapted to be driven through abung lengtha with a longitudinal slot adjacent to said head, and a in passed through the apertures in the orked arms of the lever and through the slot in said member whereby the latter will be loosely pivoted to the lever and the strain removed from the pin by the engagement of the forked arms of the lever with the shoulder formed by the head on said member. I

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS THORNBURG. Witnesses:

WILLIAM HERBERT DAUB, J. G. Imon 

